She Called Her Mother-In-Law Out For Hiding Small Objects In Her Baby’s Nursery As A Prank And Said They Were A Choking Hazard
It’s hard to imagine someone close to your family putting your children in jeopardy. One woman recently had to scold her mother-in-law, who tried hiding a choking hazard in her future child’s nursery.
She’s currently 35 weeks pregnant with her and her husband’s first child. She was putting some final touches on her baby’s nursery and organizing baby clothes when she found something strange in the dresser.
“I asked my husband, and he didn’t know why it was there but said it was a mahjong tile, a game piece the size of a thick domino,” she said.
“I texted our group family chat for his side and asked if anyone knew what it was. Some of them just responded, LOL.”
She got annoyed and sent another text, demanding someone tell her what the mahjong tile was doing in the nursery, and a few relatives explained it was part of a prank being pulled by her mother-in-law.
For some time now, her mother-in-law has enjoyed pranking members of their family by hiding small objects in their homes.
She found this to be not only weird but unsettling, considering the tile may have found its way into the hands of her curious child if she hadn’t found it.
“I messaged her privately and said, ‘Please don’t leave small things around once the baby is here,'” she recalled.
“[I said] it makes me nervous finding small things that could be choking hazards in the baby’s things that I didn’t know about.”
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Her mother-in-law apologized, and she thanked her, explaining that she was just picky about the nursery and anxious regarding her baby’s safety.
Hoping that would be the last she’d hear of the incident, she later found out that her mother-in-law was very upset. Her husband said his mom was sad she had been “shamed” in the group chat, which she found ridiculous, considering she messaged her separately.
Plus, she had the right to demand what had been hidden in her baby’s nursery.
“I recognize that I had a strong reaction, but I do think it’s really inappropriate to hide small game pieces in baby’s things that I might never find,” she added.
“You shouldn’t even be in the nursery without me knowing. That’s just weird, and I’d be very anxious if I didn’t ask her not to do it again.”
While she knows her mother-in-law is upset, she doesn’t want to give in to her reaction, as she feels her mother-in-law was in the wrong.
Did she overreact to her mother-in-law’s strange prank, or was her reaction justified?
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